basketball hero

Chapter 621 Against No. [-] in the East
In the first half of the first quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams was not high, but the Raptors at home still firmly controlled the situation on the court, suppressing the No. [-] Pacers in the East.

"It should be Indiana's biggest problem. Paul is too tall to prevent his breakthrough, and Lance and George can't prevent his jumper!" Van Gundy said.

"It's impossible to defend the league MVP one-on-one. If you want to limit the response, it's either good luck, and he is not in a good state that day, or you are flanking!" Reggie Miller said helplessly.

Here Yingxiong catches the ball at the top of the arc, facing Paul George's defense, pulls the ball and retreats after a breakthrough from the lower back, and makes a 3-pointer - a direct hit!
"Good shot!" Van Gundy couldn't help but admire.

"Should have evolved again..." Reggie Miller popped out of his mouth in surprise.

Coach Vogel, the coach of the Pacers, is also quite helpless. Paul George, the head star of his team, always seems to be inferior when he meets Yingxiong.This gap in the strength of the team's core makes the two teams very limited when they play against each other.What's worse is that these two are outsiders, so the problem is even bigger.

In the dialogue between the main players of the two teams, it is obvious that the Raptors took the lead, and the game entered the competition between the second team.

This season, the rise of the Pacers is not only proud of the progress of head star Paul George, their second team has changed from the weakness of last season, and its combat effectiveness is quite good.Headed by the old boss Granger, plus "Diamond" Scola, CJ Watson and others, they are no longer afraid of the second team of most teams in the league.

On the Raptors side, the second team led by Jeremy Lin is not a fuel-efficient lamp.As a result, the starting lineups of the two teams played slowly, mainly in the half-court position, and competed defensively.But the substitute lineup played very quickly and started a battle of scoring points.

The switching of the screen was too fast, which made the fans a little uncomfortable. It felt like watching two games with very different styles.

"Indiana let Danny serve as the sixth man, which really strengthened the offensive ability of the team's second team!" Van Gundy said.

"But it still doesn't take advantage of it!" Reggie Miller said.

"You can't say that, the Toronto second team led by Jeremy is notoriously terrifying!" Van Gundy explained.

In the second half of the second quarter, the competition between the starters of the two sides.The Pacers have strengthened Yingxiong's defense. Once he catches the ball, if he attacks with the ball, they will flank him. They would rather miss some 2-pointers from Jeremy Lin and DeRozan than let Yingxiong play unscrupulously. Take Paul George by force.

On the offensive end, Hibbert and Stephenson of the Pacers still broke out, and the point difference between the two sides began to slowly narrow.

"Indiana has finally made a change. Frank is still not too stubborn and knows how to be flexible! Not bad, hehehe..." Van Gundy said with a smile.

"Actually, Frank's move is also very risky. If the 3-pointer between Jeremy and DeMar is not so bad, the point difference may be widened!" Reggie Miller is not so optimistic.

"I don't think so. Any defensive strategy has trade-offs. It's a normal choice to keep the big and let go of the small. It's impossible to defend everyone when you meet such an attacker!" Van Gundy Said.

At the end of the half, the Raptors were chased by their opponents by only 1 point, temporarily leading 51:50.

Section 3 started soon.Both sides did not change the starting lineup, and it is still the first opening lineup.

George Hill dribbled the ball and gave it to Stephenson on the right wing.

Stephenson held the ball and scored the high position David West. The latter rushed to the basket with the ball, attracted double-teams and then distributed it to Hibbert under the basket.

Hibbert was about to force himself, but Jeremy Lin blocked the ball!

Jeremy Lin held the ball and counterattacked, and a pass to Ying Xiong in the frontcourt.

Ying Xiong took the ball and accelerated along the middle lane. When he was 3 meter away from the 1-point line, he directly pulled up a 3-point shot...

"What kind of offensive option is this?" Reggie Miller couldn't help shouting.As the sharpshooter in the NBA back then, he couldn't understand why he chose to chase the ultra-long 3-pointer. He had better offensive options.

But before he finished speaking, Ying Xiong's 3-pointer hit the net!

The fans at the scene were shocked by Ying Xiong's magical writing, which was not the Ying Xiong they were familiar with.In the previous two seasons, Yingxiong gave them the feeling that they rarely made these unreasonable shots.

It's just that the process is not important, but the result is.The seemingly unreasonable shot, if successful, is a very imaginative attack, and it is quite an ornamental attack.On the contrary, it is beating indiscriminately and indiscriminately.Of course, with an MVP-level star like Yingxiong, not many people would dare to say that he played indiscriminately, but there will still be voices of dissatisfaction.

The Pacers can use pincers to limit Yingxiong in the half-court position, but they can't pinch him when switching offenses, because it's too late at that time, and it's not easy to pinch him.

The Pacers' offensive rhythm is slow and inefficient, so once they fall behind, it is not easy to chase points.No, Hibbert managed to score 2 points with a hook at the basket. Turning back, Yingxiong was flanked and passed to Jeremy Lin outside the 3-point line on the left top of the arc, and the latter hit a 3-pointer!
One side is 2 points, the other side is 3 points, whichever is more, elementary school students will count.

"Jeremy also fired, Indiana is not easy to play, is Frank going to continue to attack?" Van Gundy said.

"It's really difficult to choose. If I were Frank, I would continue to bet on the outside line of Jeremy and DeMar." Reggie Miller said.

Coach Vogel requested a timeout!

After returning from the timeout, the Pacers changed their defensive strategy and returned to the previous strategy of letting Paul George defend alone.However, compared with before, Paul George's defensive position is forward after all, which is a position to prevent sudden shooting.

"Paul is standing like this, isn't he afraid of being killed suddenly?" Van Gundy immediately discovered this problem.

"I think that this game should feel so hot. Instead of being shot by him, it is better to let him rush and let him go inside to face Roy. I think that's what Frank thinks about." Reggie Miller said.

Faced with Paul George's defense, Ying Xiong naturally chose to break through without hesitation. He broke into the penalty area easily. Facing Hibbert's defense, he used various defenses to let the inside iron tower experience a circle of him. Excellent finishing ability: pull rod, small throw, horseback archery, tank strong, European step wipe board, emergency stop small jumper...

In the third quarter alone, Ying Xiong scored double-digit points in front of Hibbert. In the entire third quarter, he scored 3 points, completely widening the gap.

Yingxiong's invincible output made the Pacers feel desperate.The frustration of last season's playoffs swept over again.

(End of this chapter)